View of Mount Etna erupting, 1669 dated & published 1669

14.1 x 20.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 803007

Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-77)

Description

Eruption with smoke blowing to l. from crater. In c.town of Catania with ships in f/ground. Some of villages on mountain are indicated including S.Giovanni di Galermo. 1st state. Frontispiece to E/Winchelsea's A True..Earthquake..Mt Etna
People involved

Creator(s)

Search the collection Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-77)
(etcher)
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

etching

Measurements

14.1 x 20.2 cm (sheet of paper)
Groupings
Category
General Subject Prints
Object type(s)
visual works
prints
Subject(s)
Places
Europe
Italy
Italian islands
Sicily
Mount Etna
Catania [Sicily]
References

Other number(s)

Hollstein : Hollstein, F.W.H., 1996. The New Hollstein: German Engravings Etchings and Woodcuts 1400-1700, Amsterdam – Hollstein 2036

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